Repository Access Methods
CVS provides a variety of ways to access the repository. These methods are briefly described in the following sections, and Chapter 8 explains them in more detail.
Client Side
On the
client side, you specify the access method as part of the repository
path. If you don’t declare one of the following
methods, CVS assumes either the local or
ext method:
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local Connect to a repository on the same computer as the sandbox, but do not use client/server mode.
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ext Connect with an externally defined
rshorrsh-like connection method (such asssh). If you use anything other thanrsh, theCVS_RSHenvironment variable must be set on the client computer.-
fork Connect to a repository on the same computer as the sandbox as if it were a remote machine. This method is useful if you are trying to diagnose problems with client/server mode.
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gserver Connect to the repository using the GSS-API and Kerberos 5.
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kserver Connect to the repository using Kerberos 4.
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pserver Connect to the repository using CVS’s internal password server.
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server Connect to the repository using CVS’s internal
rshserver (not always available).
Server Side
The
kserver, gserver, and
pserver access modes require a server to run on
the repository computer. For these modes, the server is started with
inetd or xinetd. The
inetd configuration must be on one line and
should call CVS with the --allow-root and
-f options and the pserver
or kserver command.
The parameter to the --allow-root option is the path ...
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